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A protest led by former minister Jogu Ramanna outside Adilabad MP G Nagesh’s residence turned tense as BRS activists clashed with police over the Cotton Corporation of India’s procurement restrictions. The agitation highlighted farmers’ distress over moisture norms and import duty cuts.
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Farmers in Adilabad are protesting the new cotton procurement restrictions imposed by the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI), which reduced the limit from 13 quintals per acre to 7. Former minister Jogu Ramanna criticized the government for the decision
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Former minister Jogu Ramanna criticised the government for delaying soy procurement as farmers in Adilabad protested by dumping their produce on roads. Cotton farmers too expressed anger over low prices and restrictions on moisture content during procurement
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Former minister Jogu Ramanna criticised the Telangana government for failing to initiate procurement of cotton and soya produce despite announcing dates. He cited inefficiency and poor coordination between departments as the cause, urging immediate action to prevent further distress to farmers.
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Former minister Jogu Ramanna criticised Minister Jupalli Krishna Rao’s two-day visit to Adilabad, claiming it brought no benefits. He accused Rao of spreading misinformation about State debt and urged quick action on stalled developmental projects in the district
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Says 30 TGSRTC buses hired to transport the activists; all arrangements in place to make the event a grand success
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The former minister flayed the government for ignoring the district in the budget by not allocating sufficient funds
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Former Minister Jogu Ramanna demanded the Union Ministry of Heavy Industries to release a statement clarifying that only scrap belonging to the sick Cement Corporation of India (CCI) unit-Adilabad was being sold, not the plant
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Speaking at the event, Ramanna pledged to challenge the anti-public policies of the State government. He remarked that under Rao's leadership, Telangana had made significant progress over the past 10 years, but now, under Congress governance, the state was regressing. He further accused the party of failing to fulfill many of its electoral promises.
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Former minister Jogu Ramanna felicitated Moksha Adwaith at a programme held here on Saturday.
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The BRS district president asked whether only farmers of Gujarat get the remunerative price, stating that the BJP was not recognizing the farmers of other States
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Ramanna alleged that the government colluded with the private traders and was procuring the cotton produce. It was cheating the farmers by offering a nominal minimum support price (MSP) to the cotton.
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Addressing the media here on Friday, Ramanna said the leaders of the Congress and BJP tried to disrupt Rama Rao's meeting by spreading misinformation and hatching conspiracies
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Ramanna urged the public to hold Congress and BJP leaders accountable for neglecting farmers' issues. He noted that while the CCI falls under central jurisdiction, local MP MLA Payala Shankar is failing to address the concerns of cotton farmers in the district.
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Ramanna said that people were facing severe problems, while farmers were encouraged to commit suicides under the inefficient ruling of CM Revanth Reddy
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Ramanna stated that Revanth Reddy, who already cheated farmers by not completely waiving off crop loans, was writing letters to Modi claiming that the loans were waived off
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The BRS district president assured that efforts to demolish the houses of the poor would not be tolerated.
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The society would not forgive the fact that the statue of Rajiv Gandhi was installed in a place reserved for the Telangana Thalli, said BRS leader Jogu Ramanna
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In Adilabad, BRS district president Jogu Ramanna, participating in a protest, slammed the government for failing to implement the scheme to all farmers as promised at the time of polls.
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The district BRS president said that Rs 15,000 crore of rupees were deposited in the accounts of farmers under the Rythu Bandhu scheme in just one year during the previous government's tenure.